Apparatus for ozonizing air



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J. G. KENNEDY. APPARATUS FOR OZONIZING AIR:

No. 430,387. Patented June 1 7, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. KENNEDY, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

APPARATUS FOR OZONIZING AIR.

SPEGIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,387, dated June 17,1890.

Application filed February 26,1889. Serial No. 301,225. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that 1, JOHN t. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of \Vaync and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for ()zonizing Air, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvem ents in apparatus for ozon izin g ai r and for collecting and storing it, and is designed for the production of ozonized air for therapeutical use as used in'eonnection with medical apparatus for compressing, inedicating, and administering air, as in a medical apparatus for which I applied forLe-tters latent December 13,18SS,bei-ial No. 2925342; and the invention consists in the peculiar appliances for producing ozonizcd air, and, further, in the peculiar way of collecting and storing the same for use, all as more fully hereinafter dcscribcd and shown in the accompanying drawlngs, in which Figure l is an elevation of my apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a detached section through the ozon "i ng-eleetrodcs.

A is a machine for the generation of static electricity, such as the well-known l-[oltz machine.

B ard B are the conductors which carry the positive and negative electrodes 0 and C of the machine, respectively. Each of these electrodes-1s provided with a series of points .D and D for the silent discharge of electricity between the electrodes.

E-is a vulcanite rubber or other insulating internal housing in which the electrodes are" inclosed.

F is an air-induction port into thehousing,

preferably at or near the circumference of the housing. I

G is an air-cduction port which communicatcs with an air-pump ll, preferably through one of the conductor-arms ll, which is made hollow and is provided with a suitable nipple B", to which the rubber tube I is attached.

'lhe conductor-arm ll is preferably extended inwardly into the housing by means of the insulatin' -tube .l, whereby the ediuetion-port is located between the electrodes in or near the ccnterof the housing.

K is another or external insulating-housing inclosing the whole static machine, and this is preferably formed of glass provided with suitable openings for the rubber tube I and the drive-belt L, by means of which the static machine is operated.

M is a suitable mot-or, preferably a small electric motor, for static machine.

N is a reservoir, into which the ozonized'ain from the pump is compressed.

is a connection between the pump and air-pcservoir. l is a valve in said connection. Q is an indicator on the air-reservoir. R is the discharge-pipe from the air-reservoir, and S is a valve controlling the same.

In practice, the parts being arranged and constructed substantially as described, they are intended to operate as follows: The pump operating the pump and and static generator bein set in operation, a f

large portion ot'-;the electricity generated will be discharged between'the points of the electrodes, and thereby produce the electrical condition resulting in ozonizing tween the electrodes. 'lhis air is confined by the in tern al housing, which, moreover, is made of insulating material to prevent the dissipa-' tion of electricity, so that the air becomes highly ozonized, and in that condition it is withdrawn into the pump. It will be seen that the air passing through the port F into the housing is thoroughly subjected to' the influence of the electrical discharge between the electrodes before it can find its exit the air bea through the port G, this being the object of the relative arrangement of the induction and eduction ports. From the pump the air is compressed in the reservoir, from which it may be drawn when required. By placing the insulating external housing K over the static machine I utilize all the electricity generated, as-it will be clearly seen that any leakage of the machine acts upon the surrounding air, and this very air is then eonductcd into the internal housing, where it is subjected to a more intense electrical condition. It is well known that electricity oscapes from many points during the active working oi any form of IIolt'z or induction electric machines. It the machinebe inclosed in an insulated ease or housing, the air within the housing will be more or less ozonized. The main object of the invention is to ex tract the partially-ozonized air from thcease or housing that ineloses the generating parts of the machine and to pass it through another or supplemental insulated housing inclosing the positive and negative point-s oi"; the discharge ends ot the prime conductors, through and between which partially ozonized air from the case inclosing the generator is made to pass and the process of ozonizing is (:OIllIJlOLUtl.

\Vhatl claim as my invention is 1. In a machine for ozonizing air or gas, a

1 generatorofelectricity,an insulating-housiug inelosing the same, a closed tank or reservoir, and means, as the pump II, for edueting the air from the housing and forcing it under .pressure into the reservoir, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus torozonizing air or gas, a generator of electricity, an insulating-housing inc-losing the same and having an inlet and outlet, and means, as the pump ll, for causing a current-of air or gas to pass into and through said housing, whereby said cnrrent of air or gas becomes ozonizcd by the electricity escaping from said generator, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for ozonizing air or gas, a generato I electricity, an insulatinghousing inclosing the same and having an inlet and outlet, and cans, the pump 11, connected to the outlet, for drawing through said housing a current of air or gas, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

f 4. In a machine for ozonizing air or gas, a generator of electricity, an insulating-housing inciosing the same and having an air-inlet, a closed tank or reservoir, and means, as the pump II and pipe I, for educting the air from the housing and forcing it. into the reservoir, substantially as described.

5. The combination, in an ozonizing apparatus, ot a generator A, an outer casing K, surrounding the same, having openings, as L, for the admission of air, an internal housing containing the ozonizing-electrodes, having a passage I from the outer housing to the interior of the inner housing, a pipe from the interim housing to a pump, and an airtight reservoir into which the ozonized air is forced, substantially as described.

i. In a machine [or ozonizing air, the combination of an electric generator, a pair of ozonMing-electrodes connected thereto, an insulating-housing surrounding said electrodes, a pipe leading from said housing, a pump drawing ozonized air from the housing, and an air tight reservoir connected ,with the eduetion ot the pump, into which said pump forces the ozonized air, substantially as described In testimony whereof I atiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 12th day of February, 1889.

' JOHN (J. KENNEDY.

\Vitnesses:

J. PAUL MAYER, 1. M. IIUL'BERT. 

